Out of the turquoise flames, Jon Hart reappeared in the kitchen of Greengrass Manor.

Of course, this time, he was obviously not as "embarrassed" as he had been on his previous visit.

The kitchen had lost its neatness and cleanliness, and looked a little messy, and Emily, the old elf of Greengrass Manor, was nowhere to be found.

Jon patted the dust off his body, and suddenly heard a noise in front of him—

It was Hodder, the housekeeper of the manor, and the house-elves appeared in front of Jon.

This house-elf, who was once polite and knew how to be polite, now looks a lot more embarrassed...... The suit on his body became a little messy, the hair on his head was also unkempt, and his right arm was wrapped in black veil.

"Mr. Hart......" the house-elf Hodder greeted Jon in a hoarse voice.

Jon nodded to him slightly.

"You should have come to find Miss......" The house-elf Hodder's face was a little reluctant to squeeze out a smile: "Come with me!"

Jon gave him a wary look, his right hand tucked into his cloak and grabbed his wand.

Then following the house-elf, he walked out of the kitchen.

The rest of the manor seems to be no different from what it used to be...... Except that the silence is somewhat scary.

As Jon passed by the door of the living room, he noticed that there were traces of a fight...... There was also a little bit of blood that hadn't been cleaned.

Noticing Jon to stop, the house-elf Hord also stopped and explained, "Here, my mother was trying to stop the Aurors from taking Madame......"

After a pause, he added with a somewhat bleak expression on his face: "...... And then, and then the Aurors killed her......"

"I'm sorry!" Although he didn't have any affection for the elderly house-elf Emily, Jon felt a little sympathy in his heart when he heard of her death.

"That's the punishment she deserves!" The house-elf Hodder's face quickly returned to an expressionless "politeness": "The house-elf dares to make a move on the wizard...... The death penalty is warranted...... Especially under the premise that Madame repeatedly warned her not to interfere. ”

Jon didn't chimed in, nor did he refute.

He looked away from the bloodstain and asked softly, "Where's Astoria?"

"We're almost there, Mr. Hart!"

......

There were no surprises, such as a couple of Death Eater axes rushing out of the shadows.

Every room behind the living room seems to have become quite messy...... Apparently, the Aurors searched the entire estate after taking Diana Greengrass away.

When I saw the pink wooden door, there was no deviation from my memory...... Jon was still relieved.

The house-elf Hodder didn't make the same loud announcement as Jon had last been here, so Jon walked over and knocked lightly on the door of the hut.

There was no response, only the sound of messy footsteps coming from inside the house...... Moments later, the door opened.

There was also no sign of a search in the house...... It seems that Dumbledore had told the Aurors not to let them harass the seriously ill girl.

casually turned his head and looked, and the house-elf behind him had already left.

Turning his head again, he saw Astoria's pale face.

Astoria Greengrass, who opened the door, when she saw the person standing outside the door...... A look of surprise appeared on her face at first, and then it was quickly mixed with an inexplicable panic......

She involuntarily took a few steps back, almost tripping over a small bench on the ground.

"May I go in?" Jon asked softly, smiling as brightly as he could.

Astoria was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

She hurriedly looked around, then trotted to move a chair over—

"You sit here...... Joan...... Jon ......" Astoria stammered.

......

There is no doubt that Astoria already knows what is happening.

It's no surprise that there was such a big problem in the family—the mother was taken into Azkaban, the entire estate was searched from beginning to end, and the Daily Prophet did not "shut up" about it.

Astoria, a smart girl, can obviously guess quite a few things.

Sitting facing each other, there seemed to be a bit of a gap between the two people.

Then, Astoria ran to the table and bent down to try to make Jon a cup of tea...... However, she hurriedly knocked over the jar containing the black tea powder to the ground, and almost scalded herself with hot water......

"Reparo!"

Recovering from the terrible all, Jon gently grabbed Astoria's arm.

Astoria visibly shuddered.

"Come and sit down!" Jon said gently.

Astoria avoided Jon's gaze, then nodded obediently.

"My mother ......," she said after she sat down.

Jon gently covered her mouth and shook his head at her, "It's nothing......"

Astoria's eyes filled with tears: "But ......"

"Just act as if nothing happened...... Now that it's over, don't talk about it again, okay?" Jon said strongly.

"I ...... I ...... "Astoria seems to want to say something."

"Obedient!" Jon gently stroked her blonde hair, feeling her emotions calm down.

......

There was no chat, and there was no mention of what had happened before......

"How's your health lately?" Jon asked softly.

Astoria nodded, then finally shook her head.

"It's getting a little worse, isn't it?" asked Jon calmly...... In fact, he was not surprised, after such a big change, not to mention an ordinary fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, even the strongest girl would be greatly hit, not to mention, in the depths of Astoria's soul, there was a monster ready to move.

Astoria bit her lip as she broke free from Jon's embrace and walked over to the bookshelf with a vase.

It's the branches of the tree of souls.

She hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "Jon...... You take it away...... And then we'll go our separate ways......"

"Silly girl, how could it be......" Jon smiled, and then said in the gentlest tone, "I came here to take you away this time?"

"Take me...... Take me away?" Astoria repeated dumbfoundedly.

"yes, don't you want to?" Jon blinked.

"I ...... I ......" Astoria seemed to struggle with a bit in her tone.

"That's the default!"